Do you vote based on policies or personality?

Scenario: Candidate 1: Believes in, and wants to pursue enforcing, literally every policy that you are for. These are all good policies too. But they are a deceptive person that has killed people before. You know this without a doubt.

Candidate 2: Shares literally no common beliefs on enforcing policy with you. You disagree with every aspect of their plans for your country. But they are a kind-hearted soul that has good intentions, even if it's not through your methods.

Do you choose candidate 2 based on their character, or what candidate 2 says they will do for the country?

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Humans are notoriously weak to charismatic individuals. They might think they vote on the issues, but charisma manipulates people easily. There have been studies done showing that people don't even really pay attention to what a person says. They just watch body language to determine if the person is competent. What people say is very little of what makes people like them or follow them.

Sometimes people need to be killed. And everyone lies. Just because candidate number 2 hasn't been caught lying doesn't mean they're not a liar. Same for killing.

I vote based on policy and the truths I find on the Net. The mass media has a bias towards the candidate that their parent companies donate MILLIONS to during the election process. Since both of the major candidates SUCK I say #GoGreen#NeverHillary#NeverTrump

Mostly on policies. The person's personality very likely would be the final deal-breaker, but mainly I vote based on policies. This person could be an asshole, but I'd still vote for him/her because they actually have better plans to improve the country than the next person. This is in no way indicating that I voted for Trump, because I didn't. I'm just stating that I vote policy mostly then personality if it came close.

I vote based on the following:1) Don't belong to any Secret Society's2) Are Anti-Establishment3) Lean heavily towards Christian Conservativism

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I'd vote with the person every time. Their view on policies is nothing more than telling people what they want in order to get elected. Then... based on how they are as a person... they may or may not follow through with their promises. A good person makes mistakes but will try to do what's best for people. A dishonest person will lie, cheat, and get others in trouble to cover up their mistakes. o. o